• Composted manure - anyone have horses?🐴
• Citrus to juice for the deli - or other garden gleanings 🍋
• Wood chips for the garden beds 🌻

• Deli Volunteers Volunteering at the Deli is one of the best ways to be integrated with the SBMS family as a parent. You get to feel the rush of serving 160 kids, have fun with other parents, and learn a recipe or two. Sign up to volunteer here!

• Free Snack All families will have the opportunity to help provide free snacks. Please reach out to Melike if you have not received your assigned date. You can drop off the snacks in the morning at drop-off (preferred), or any time before snack break (Mon, Wed, Fri 10:30am OR Tues & Thurs 11am) so we have time to set up outside.

• Asst. PA Chair
• Rites of Passage Chair
• Auction Chair
• Staff Appreciation Chair (have 3, looking for 1 more)

• Remember, children NEED structure. The adolescent brain is meant to push boundaries and then learn what the limits are. Providing that structure helps children feel safe and allows them to learn values and a sense of right and wrong. So implement boundaries for technology.
• Have your kids turn in their devices at 8 pm. Research shows that the backlight of devices has a negative impact on students' ability to fall asleep. Read more about that in this article from the sleep foundation.
• Institute a family rule - no devices at dinner or family events, for example.
• Change the WiFi password. Have the WiFi automatically turn off at a certain time. 
• Install apps like Qustodio and Bark to monitor your child's activity. Be honest with them that you will be checking their phones periodically. You should have the passcode. 
• Talk to other parents. Make an agreement that all of your children's friends will turn in their device at a certain time. Verify who has a cell phone and who doesn't. There's a strong chance your child is NOT "the only one" without a phone. 
• Communicate with your child. Ask them how things they see on social media or on the internet make them feel. Talk to them while in the car. You will find that allowing them to stare forward and avoid eye contact helps them divulge more than a formal sit down at the table or in their bedroom. 
• Learn! Read books like iGen or How to Break Up with Your Phone. Go to Commonsensemedia.org.
• Check out this powerful series of photographs of people without their phones (thank you, Renee, for sharing this with me!)
• Last, if interested, watch Simon Sinek's full interview about Millenials. Pretty fascinating.